Chechen art

Chechen art is the historical and present art form representing Chechnya or the Chechen Republic. This type of art is a part of Chechnya's tangible cultural heritage, showing its deep history.^[1] Being formed centuries ago, Chechen art has been dated back to the Early Bronze Age.^[1] Chechens have used art to express their culture, beliefs, customs, and history. An important message shown in this art are Chechen religious beliefs, especially in their rituals and legends.^[2] Like in many other ancient cultures, Chechen decor is shown with symbols idealizing their everyday life and roles, such as hunting, farming, and religious rituals.^[2]

History

Whether looking at Chechen art in the

Russians.^[3] In the era of the early Bronze Age, Chechen artifacts found were pottery, ceramics, obviously, bronze and metal objects.^[3] Chechen people would carve symbols in these ceramics and pottery, mainly of animals which were then used in rituals.^[3] Other works of carving symbols was done in the late Bronze Age to the late Middle Ages.^[3] Painting hadn't taken much place in Chechen art until 1917.^[1] With all the beautiful and vast forms of art this culture had created, many were displayed in the Grozny Museum, having a total of 3,270 works and 950 paintings.^[4] After the First Chechen War, with the bombing of Grozny in 1995, most of the Chechen art within the museum was destroyed, with only 100 paintings saved.^[4] Since then, many artists and historians are trying to restore many of these paintings, and making exhibits for them in Moscow.^[5]

With a country full of history, culture and war, it is resembled in Chechen art.

Chechen artists

St. Petersburg, Russia.^[6] Another famous Chechen artist is Amandi Asukhanov, being known for his painting landscapes in the late 1900s.^[3] Lastly, Zamir Yushaev, who is a more recent painter of Chechen art. He specializes in a couple of media, but mainly painting and oil, and is also a cartoonist.^[3]